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Doliver Capital Advisors LP trimmed its holdings in Hershey Co (NYSE:HSY) by 24.0% during the third quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 2,436 shares of the company’s stock after selling 770 shares during the quarter. Doliver Capital Advisors LP’s holdings in Hershey were worth $248,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
Other large investors have also made changes to their positions in the company. FTB Advisors Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Hershey by 108.4% in the 2nd quarter. FTB Advisors Inc. now owns 1,167 shares of the company’s stock valued at $107,000 after purchasing an additional 607 shares during the period. Farmers & Merchants Trust Co of Chambersburg PA acquired a new position in shares of Hershey in the 2nd quarter valued at about $121,000. Fort L.P. acquired a new position in shares of Hershey in the 2nd quarter valued at about $123,000. grace capital acquired a new position in Hershey during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $130,000. Finally, Flagship Harbor Advisors LLC acquired a new position in Hershey during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $130,000. 52.73% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.
In other news, insider Michele Buck sold 1,500 shares of Hershey stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, October 22nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $106.61, for a total transaction of $159,915.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider now directly owns 170,894 shares in the company, valued at $18,219,009.34. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, major shareholder Hershey Trust Co Trustee In Tr sold 47,170 shares of Hershey stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, October 29th. The shares were sold at an average price of $106.00, for a total transaction of $5,000,020.00. Following the transaction, the insider now owns 102,330 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $10,846,980. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 121,716 shares of company stock valued at $12,690,499 over the last quarter. Company insiders own 0.87% of the company’s stock.
A number of research firms recently weighed in on HSY. Morgan Stanley upped their price target on Hershey from $93.00 to $98.00 and gave the stock an “underweight” rating in a research note on Friday, July 27th. Susquehanna Bancshares raised their price objective on Hershey from $109.00 to $114.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Tuesday, October 23rd. Piper Jaffray Companies raised their price objective on Hershey from $97.00 to $100.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, July 27th. Credit Suisse Group set a $85.00 price objective on Hershey and gave the company a “sell” rating in a research note on Wednesday, August 29th. Finally, Zacks Investment Research raised Hershey from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $117.00 price objective on the stock in a research note on Monday, October 8th. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, twelve have assigned a hold rating and two have assigned a buy rating to the company. The company presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $103.81.
Shares of HSY opened at $106.97 on Tuesday. Hershey Co has a one year low of $89.10 and a one year high of $115.82. The stock has a market capitalization of $22.20 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 20.63, a P/E/G ratio of 2.32 and a beta of 0.17. The company has a quick ratio of 0.69, a current ratio of 1.01 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.60.
Hershey (NYSE:HSY) last released its earnings results on Thursday, October 25th. The company reported $1.55 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, meeting the Thomson Reuters’ consensus estimate of $1.55. Hershey had a net margin of 13.20% and a return on equity of 102.30%. The firm had revenue of $2.08 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.08 billion. Sell-side analysts predict that Hershey Co will post 5.37 EPS for the current fiscal year.
The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, December 14th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, November 21st will be issued a dividend of $0.722 per share. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, November 20th. This represents a $2.89 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.70%. Hershey’s payout ratio is 60.71%.
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The Hershey Company, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells confectionery products. The company operates through two segments, North America; and International and Other. It offers chocolate and non-chocolate confectionery products; gum and mint refreshment products comprising mints, chewing gums, and bubble gums; pantry items, such as baking ingredients, toppings, beverages, and sundae syrups; and snack items, including spreads, meat snacks, bars and snack bites, mixes, popcorn and protein bars, and cookies.
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Resident Evil 2 is one of the more anticipated video game titles so far this year. Gamers have been asking Capcom for years for the development studio to remake Resident Evil 2, much like how they released Resident Evil on current generation platforms. It took a bit of time since Capcom made the announcement of the Resident Evil 2 remake but we’re finally gearing up for the release this week. However, Capcom is still making new announcements regarding the game with the latest being a free DLC coming in the near future called The Ghost Survivors.
There are not too many details released so far in regards to Resident Evil 2’s The Ghost Survivors DLC quite yet but we do know that this will be a rogue style game mode. According to a livestream from Capcom, it appears that The Ghost Survivors will be a game mode which will feature a selection of characters such as Robert Kendo. Not all of the characters were announced and Capcom didn’t share too many details regarding as to what we can fully expect from the game mode outside of there being random elements tossed into the game.
Of course, there’s bound to be a few surprises that Capcom has tucked away. While the game mode is coming at some point, the development team has included free costumes which will turn Leon and Claire back to their old polygon characters. This will first be available to those who purchase a code when the game launches, however, if you wish to hold off then you will get these costumes free of charge on March 22, 2019.
At any rate, Resident Evil 2 is set to launch on January 25, 2019, for the PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One platforms.

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This letter was recently sent around a Los Angeles neighborhood.
The letter raises all sorts of questions, most importantly the authenticity of its sender: an agent, a broker or a consumer working for an agent? Or an innocent homebuyer? (That last is unlikely, say the experts.)
The letter is packed with legal and ethical questions. Inman published the letter on the Inman Facebook Coast to Coast page. Here is a taste of the reaction by Inman Select members.


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Chipotle saw a 667% jump in weekly delivery orders after partnering with DoorDash to offer the service nationwide, per a press release. Chipotle customers received free delivery on orders of $10 or more placed through DoorDash from April 30 to May 6, including the celebration of Cinco de Mayo.
The average DoorDash delivery time from order to drop-off was 34 minutes. Chicago, Dallas and Denver saw the most delivery orders. The most frequently ordered items nationwide were burrito bowls, burritos and chips and guacamole.
The DoorDash partnership is the biggest one so far for Chipotle, making delivery available from more than 1,500 restaurants across the country. The companies plan to expand operations in the U.S. and Canada.
While Chipotle struggled with tainted-food scandals, rising food prices and wage pressures, other fast food chains like McDonald’s, Taco Bell and most of the pizza industry, were getting into the delivery service market. But with new CEO Brian Niccol, a veteran of rival Taco Bell, at the helm of the burrito maker, the early success of its new DoorDash partnership signals that it's beginning to change course.
The efforts follow the company's introduction in November of a redesigned mobile app that included features such as coupon offers, quick reordering of past meals and streamlined checkouts with mobile pay options. In a move to appeal to consumers looking for a more friction-free dining experience, the chain also partnered with Facebook's "Order Food" feature in October, which lets customers save time and order Chipotle takeout or delivery in a streamlined social media app.
Chipotle last year started to take steps to reconfigure its stores with a second counter dedicated to fulfilling online and digital orders. The counter is separate from the customer-facing line, so there’s no disruption to in-store customer orders. Chipotle last week had record-high digital orders with no effect on wait times for in-store customers, the company said.


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LOS ANGELES (CBS.MW) -- Shares of chip and hardware companies reversed earlier gains Monday, tracking a broader decline on Wall Street, although shares of Motorola bucked the trend after it set details of the $2 billion-plus IPO of its Freescale Semiconductor unit.
The broader declines in U.S. stocks came as investors focused on the expected launch of a rising-interest-rate cycle and a handover of power in Iraq.
Motorola MOT bucked the trend. Its shares gained 20 cents, or 1.2 percent, to $17.54. The company's Freescale Semiconductor unit set the price range for its initial public offering of 121.6 million shares at $17.50 to $19.50 a share. See full story.
Shares of Nortel NT also managed to hold on to some gains, closing higher by 10 cents, or 2.3 percent, at $4.54. Industry speculation that a partnership is in the works with Cisco was fueled after the two companies' chief executives met privately at a conference in Toronto. See full story.
Shares of Intel
Separately, Intel chief Craig Barrett told Spain's El Pais newspaper in an interview published Sunday that the company's second-quarter results will likely be close to the record performance reported for the first quarter. See full story.
AMD shares fell 78 cents, or 5.2 percent, to close at $14.10.
Analysts at Prudential Equity said Dell
PalmOne PLMO shares rallied ahead of the company's fourth-quarter earnings report to close higher by $1.11, or 5.5 percent, at $21.46. After the close of trade, the company said it swung into a profit for the quarter amid strong demand for its handheld and "smartphone" devices. See full story.
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Cussen joins Google from Ning, the customised social network building business. He joined the company in 2009 as director of business development, based in Palo Alto, California.
He moved to London over a year ago to take up the role of vice-president and managing director of Ning Europe and Latin America, in charge of expansion, marketing, business development and localisation.
Prior to Ning, Cussen was director of content and marketing for Myspace.
Cussen will start in the newly created role next Monday (30 April) and will be based in Google's Central St Giles office in London. Google has not confirmed details of what his role entails or who he will be reporting to.
Cussen's appointment comes shortly after Google launched its first advertising push for Google+ in the UK, with a TV and digital campaign, which leverages storytelling to demonstrate the product.
The TV ad, created by Adam & Eve, broke on 31 March and introduced the strapline, 'That's the Plus'.
Google+ launched in June last year and now claims to have 100 million monthly active users and 50 million daily users.
Obi Felton, director of consumer marketing for Google EMEA, recently told Marketing that the Google+ was "often misunderstood" and was not a destination, but a "layer to the whole of Google to make it more social."
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windows 10 Mobile has only hit a few devices to date
Windows 10 Mobile has received a major boost after one of the world's biggest manufacturers revealed a new device powered by the software.
Lenovo's SoftBank 503LV will be the most powerful smartphone to run Windows 10 Mobile, as Microsoft looks to continue pushing its software into more and more devices.
The business-focused device looks to bring the power of Windows 10 to your smartphone, giving key apps such as Cortana, as well as always-on efficient access to your documents, spreadsheets and powerpoint presentations whilst on the move.
Windows 10 Mobile now has more Lenovo support
The phone itself offers some fairly decent hardware, featuring a 5-inch HD display, 8MP rear camera and 5MP front lens.
Inside, there's an octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 processor clocked at 1.5GHz, 2250mAh battery, and 32GB of internal storage, which can be expanded up to 128GB via microSD.
Lastly, there's support for 4G LTE, Bluetooth 4.0, weighs only 144 grams and has a thickness of 7.66mm.
The device also supports Continuum for phones, meaning any edits you make to Windows documents will immediately be updated across your PC or Windows tablet.
However, it looks like the device will only be available in Japan for now.
The release comes as Microsoft continues to build up steam ahead of the next major update to Windows 10.
Due for release on August 2nd, the Windows 10 Anniversary Update will offer upgrades to the likes of Cortana, Microsoft's Edge browser and some tweaks to the user interface, including an improves Start Menu and full-screen apps.
There will also be more battery-life enhancements for the Edge broswer, thanks to fewer CPU cycles, less memory consumption and a tighter hold on background activity.
The Anniversary Update will be free to all existing Windows 10 customers from August 2nd, although anyone who hasn't upgraded to Windows 10 faces a bill of £130 to do so.


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The Gionee S10 was unveiled in May this year with four cameras. Even after several months, this device is yet to be launched in India. But it looks like the company is in plans to unveil the watered-down variant of the device called Gionee S10 Lite in India.
According to a report by 91mobiles, Gionee S10 Lite, a mid-range model will be released sometime in the fourth week of December in India. However, there is no information regarding the pricing and availability of the smartphone. Given that the device has mid-range specifications, we can expect it to be priced in the affordable market segment.
Specswise, the Gionee S10 Lite boasts of a 5.2-inch HD display with a resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels. The smartphone has the eye protection mode and split screen mode as well. At its heart, a Snapdragon 427 chipset sits powering the device along with 4GB RAM and 32GB of default memory space. This storage can be expanded up to 256GB with the help of a microSD card.
The Gionee S10 Lite runs Android 7.1 Nougat topped with Amigo 4.0 UI. The device has features such as App Lock, WhatsApp clone that lets run multiple WhatsApp accounts on the phone, and Private Space. For imaging, the smartphone from Gionee makes use of a 16MP selfie camera that is accompanied with LED flash. The company claims that this selfie camera supports advanced bokeh algorithms and facial recognition as well. At the rear, there is a 13MP rear camera with f/2.0 aperture, dual-tone LED flash, and PDAF.
The smartphone has a home button at the front that is embedded with a fingerprint sensor too. There is a 3100mAh battery that can render a decent backup but it does not support fast charging.
As the launch is speculated to happen by the end this month, we can expect the company to come up with an official confirmation regarding the same.


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Airbnb 'will allow illegal Israeli settlements' to be listed
Accommodation-sharing company Airbnb has announced it will backtrack on a plan to remove Jewish settler homes in the occupied West Bank from its rental listings.
Last year, the hospitality company had announced plans to remove Jewish settler homes in the occupied West Bank from its rental listings, saying that it took this decision to end lawsuits brought against it by the hosts.
"We concluded that we should remove listings in Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank that are at the core of the dispute between Israelis and Palestinians," Airbnb said in November.
This immediately prompted Israeli lawyers to file a class action suit against the decision, which would have affected around 200 homes in Israeli settlements that had been listed on the platform.
Airbnb said on Tuesday it would not delist Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, but it would donate profits from any bookings in the territory to charities.
"Airbnb will not move forward with implementing the removal of listings in the West Bank from the platform," the company said in a press release.
"We will continue to allow listings throughout all of the West Bank, but Airbnb will take no profits from this activity in the region," added the San Francisco-based company in a statement posted on its website
Airbnb have been the target of right groups and campaigners to persuade it to delist Jewish settlements from its platform.
In a campaign launched by Amnesty in 2017, the human rights organisation called on governments to prevent businesses based in their countries from operating in settlements.
"Governments worldwide must take action to regulate companies or activities over which they have control," urged Amnesty in a report Early this year.
Following this new decision, Arvind Ganesan, business and human rights director at Human Rights Watch, called on the home-sharing platform to retreat from its decision.
"Donating profits from unlawful settlement listings, as they've promised to do, does nothing to remedy the 'human suffering' they have acknowledged that their activities cause," said Ganesan, indicating that the company will be “complicit” in any abuses that would ensue from the listings.
Approximately 400,000 Israelis live in settlements in the occupied West Bank, ranging in size from tiny hamlets to large towns, with other 200,000 living in settlements in East Jerusalem.


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WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y -- Wakefern Food Corp., which is the parent company of the ShopRite grocery chain, is making a $40 million bid for A&P 12 stores, a bankruptcy court filing shows.
The closest stores, both carrying the flagship A&P brand, are in Danbury, Conn., and the Dutchess County community of Lagrangeville.
The other 10 stores, a mix of Pathmark and Waldbaum's locations, are in Long Island and the greater Philadelphia area.
Wakefern has been designated as a stalking-horse bidder, which means that it will be able to get court approval for acquiring the stores if no competing bids emerge. If another "qualified" bidder emerges for the stores, according to the filing, then an auction for the cluster will be held on Oct. 8.
Wakefern is one of four new stalking-horse bidders announced this week, according to court filings.
Morton Williams, a small grocery chain focused in New York City, is bidding for three Food Emporium stores in Manhattan; the bid is worth more than $22 million.
Federal Realty Investment Trust has made a bid for three stores: a Waldbaum's in Long Island, an A&P-branded location in New Jersey and an Pathmark in New Jersey. The value of the bid is more than $6 million.
Food Bazaar, a grocery chain with stores across the tri-state area - its sole Hudson Valley location is in Mount Vernon - is bidding for four stores. The stores include a Pathmark in Brooklyn, a Pathmark in New Jersey, an A&P-branded store in New Jersey and a Food Basics in New Jersey. The bid is valued at $11.75 million.
Earlier this week, A&P received approval from a bankruptcy court judge to sell 70 of its stores to Acme Markets and 24 to Stop & Shop. All remaining stores that do not have stalking-horse bidders will be included in what is called a "global" auction, according to court records, which is scheduled for Oct. 1 and Oct. 2.
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PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Believe it or not, half of all Americans have already started their holiday shopping, but the big shopping day of the year – Black Friday – is just one week away.
The deals will be big, the crowds will be larger.
Americans plan to spend $586 billion this holiday season. And stores are doing what is takes to get you in the door. Toys ‘R US will be open at 8 p.m. on Thanksgiving. Ross Park Mall opens at midnight.
Here’s some tips on how to make the most of your Black Friday shopping:
Let’s start with PARKING.
Here’s an insider tip. If you “Like” the Mall at Robinson on its Facebook Page, you can win a VIP parking spot for Black Friday and a $250 gift card.
And shoppers at Ross Park Mall are encouraged to download the Simon Malls app.
It has some unique features, according to Michael Gianoutsos, the mall’s marketing director.
“You can actually find all the store deals with the app right at your fingertips,” he said. “You can even take a picture and mark a GPS coordinate so you can find your car if you forget where you parked.”
That brings us to LOYALTY CARDS, don’t go shopping without them.
Avid shopper, Beth Sutton, uses an app called Key Ring keep all her store loyalty cards at her fingertips.
“Any card that has a barcode or numbers you can punch in, you can scan them into your phone so you always have them and don’t have to dig for them in your wallet,” Sutton says.
Those loyalty cards can get you extra discounts on top of Black Friday deals. You can even see stores flyers right on your smartphone.
Once you’re in the thick of things on Black Friday, if you want to know if you are getting the best deal, check out Red Laser. Shopping experts call it a must have app.
Just scan a product and the app will tell you which retailers have it; plus, the price both online and in store.
There’s even a section exclusive to Black Friday deals.
Next, consider EARLY ADMISSION.
At Sam’s Club, members can get Black Friday deals starting at 8 p.m. this Sunday, five days before Black Friday.
It’s an invite only event, so contact your Sam’s Club location for details. But check out this price buster, a Samsung Galaxy S3 for just 96 cents.
And at Walmart, if you sign up for emails at Walmart.com, “Like” Walmart on Facebook, or download the Walmart mobile app, you will be able to buy items on Thanksgiving, hours before they are available in stores.
And KNOW THE STORE.
There’s nothing worse than losing out on a great deal because you couldn’t find the item.
The Walmart app for example has an in-store mode where you can find an item and its location in the store, right down to the aisle number.
And once you are done shopping, you have all of those receipts.
You can use several different apps to scan and save your receipts right in your phone. And some of them will even let you know if the item you bought has a price drop.
Those receipt saving apps include Eyeona, Proximiant, Receipt Scanner, Expensify.


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NEW YORK — CookUnity, a Brooklyn-based food-tech company that offers a direct Chef-to-Consumer meal subscription platform, has closed a $15.5 million Series A investment round.
(Photo Above: CookUnity chef Esther Choi. PRNewswire)
Fuel Venture Capital led the investment with participation from new and existing investors including seed round lead IDC Ventures. Jeff Ransdell, Founding Partner and Managing Director of Fuel Venture Capital, will join the board of directors.
This funding brings the company’s total capital raised since the platform’s 2018 inception to $23 million. It will allow CookUnity to expand across North America and expand its marketing initiatives. CookUnity will also open two new state-of-the-art kitchens in Los Angeles, and Texas in addition to the original kitchen in Brooklyn to support the national expansion.
CookUnity has been shaking up the prepared meals category and restaurant industry by creating an entirely new marketplace concept for chefs and a daily, dynamic meal solution for consumers. The unique model offers up and coming chefs, alongside established restaurateurs and food innovators, the tools and resources to diversify and create a digital-first business. With CookUnity, chefs generate a new, more predictable revenue stream with lower risk and higher margins and are able to reach consumers beyond the geographic constraints of a restaurant or delivery zone.
Through a weekly subscription, consumers choose from over 300 meals handcrafted by talented chefs, tailored to satisfy different palates and dietary preferences. Starting at $10.49/meal, CookUnity provides an effortless way for consumers to experience fully prepared restaurant-quality meals from the comfort and convenience of their homes, every day.
“We envision a world where chefs are no longer constrained by the capital, capacity and geographic limitations of a restaurant,” said CookUnity Founder and CEO Mateo Marietti. “The company has experienced incredible growth from 2018, and our recent funding points to the confidence and demand in the marketplace for this new category. We want to put chefs back in the center of the food universe, and answer the demand for an elevated at-home dining experience. Over the next 18 months, we expect to rapidly expand our talent pool of chefs and contribute to what we see as the future of food.”
The Series A financing builds on an year for CookUnity which saw rapid growth in its weekly subscribers and a YoY growth of over 450% since January 2020. In addition, CookUnity onboarded 12 new chefs this past year, including Jean-Georges Vongerichten, Einat Admony, Esther Choi, Marc Forgione and others, bringing the current total to 32. CookUnity projects to increase its impressive chef roster to more than 150 across all three kitchens by mid-2022.
The opening of two new kitchen locations will allow for the onboarding of many more talented, independent and acclaimed chefs and restaurateurs. This expansion will offer a chance for local chefs from across the country to showcase their talents in their regions and reach consumers nationwide. Unlike any other service, CookUnity chefs and their teams create and prepare each dish so that with every meal, consumers experience quality ingredients hand-selected by each chef, and curated recipes that feature the chefs’ unique culinary approach.


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Private equity group Permira has acquired a 10 percent take in Swedish FinTech company Klarna.
According to a report in the Financial Times, the stake cost the PE firm $250 million. The deal was expected to be announced later Friday (July 21) and marks the first time Permira has gotten involved with a FinTech company.
Klarna’s co-founder, Niklas Adalberth, sold some of his shares as well, noted the report. According to the news release, General Atlantic and DST Global also sold their stakes in the FinTech company as part of the deal.
Klarna, one of the fastest growing payment companies in Europe — serving approximately 60 million consumers and 70,000 retailers — was last valued at $2.25 billion during a fundraising round in 2015. It received a banking license in June, one of the largest European FinTech companies to do so.
The stake sale comes just a day after French payment company Ingenico acquired Bambora, a Klarna rival. The news release pegged the enterprise's value at €1.5bn, and was reportedly one of the largest deals of its kind.
Early last month, Klarna picked up a new investor that catapulted its valuation to more than $2.25 billion. Brightfolk, the fashion firm owned by Danish entrepreneur Anders Holch Povlsen, purchased shares of the Swedish payments unicorn from existing investors General Atlantic, DST Global and Klarna co-founder Niklas Adalberth, though all retained stakes as Klarna shareholders.
Along with Brightfolk, Povlsen owns Bestseller, a leading fashion company with brick-and-mortar and digital brands that include Jack & Jones, Vero Moda, Only and Selected. Bestseller has been a partner of Klarna for several years, giving Povlsen firsthand insight into what the finance startup has to offer.


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If the iPad mini is not real, this may be one of the most rumored devices to not get released. More information has come out about this supposed device than the long-lived rumor of an Apple television. Just a few days ago, there was a leaked “engineering mold” of an iPad mini, and now there is a schematic/drawing of the device, which follows right along with the mold.
Think iOS got these drawings from a “source in China” showing the dimensions we can expect from the device. The screen would appear to be right around the rumored 7.85-inch mark, which falls in line with the rest of the most recent rumors. The depth, or thickness, is supposedly going to be around 7.3mm. Also falling in line is the inclusion of the smaller, 19-pin dock connecter, just as the new iPhone rumors have.
One thing to say about these is that schematics are usually more detailed than what we are seeing here. These are much more simplified, so they should be taken with a grain of salt.
What do you think? Liking the idea of a smaller iPad? Is this all just rumor, and Apple wouldn’t make a smaller iPad? Let us know in the comments.
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Dayton, Ohio. Nashville, Tennessee. Wheeling, West Virginia. These aren't the first places that come to mind when you think of booming American cities. But as large parts of the American landscape have become increasingly gutted, these locations are presenting unexpected opportunities.
That's because the cost of labor has sunk right along with the cost of living, making lower cost cities newly attractive as places to set up shop for cash-strapped global law firms.
Call it “Amerisourcing.”
On the 15th story of a gleaming new office building on the outskirts of New Delhi, around 100 new professionals — fresh-faced enough to be college students — peer at flat-screen LED monitors and peck away at keyboards. The cluster of pink and blue cubicles might easily be confused for one of India's infamous call centers.
But the hushed, library silence hints there's something different going on here at the India work center of Overland, Kansas-based UnitedLex. With revenue of $40 million and 750 employees, the company has emerged as one of America's fastest growing over the past three years.


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On February 16, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) hosted a public forum to examine its proposed rule to ban non-compete agreements. Non-compete clauses serve to protect a business’s trade secrets and confidential information, which makes such a ban a concern for many businesses. The comment period for this proposed rule ends on March 20, so businesses should consider voicing their concerns during this time. This article summarizes the remarks made during the public forum by the FTC, a panel discussion, and comments from the public.
FTC To Host Virtual Public Forum
As we recently reported, in January 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a proposed nationwide ban on non-compete clauses. The proposed rule would restrict employers from enforcing all existing and future non-compete agreements with their employees.
The FTC announced that it will host a free and open public forum on Thursday, February 16, 2023, from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. EST. This forum will examine the proposed rule and provide workers and business owners with an opportunity to ask questions, express concerns, and share their past experiences with non-competes.
Attendees may register to speak at the forum on the FTC’s website. Registration to speak is on a first come, first served basis. Details about the forum and registration may be found here.
Comment Period for FTC’s Proposed Ban on Non-Compete Agreements Ends March 20 — The Time to Act Is Now!
On January 5, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking essentially banning non-compete clauses and categorizing them as unfair methods of competition. Non-compete clauses serve to protect a business’s trade secrets and other confidential information, which makes the adoption of such a rule a major concern for all US businesses. Our previous article addressed the legal challenges the FTC will likely face in light of the proposed ban on non-compete agreements. The comment period for this proposed rule ends on March 20, and businesses should consider voicing their concerns before the deadline. This article summarizes some of the major ways that the rule could affect businesses, as well as what issues could be raised during the comment period.
Legal Challenges the FTC Faces in Light of Proposed Ban on Non-Compete Agreements
On January 5, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking essentially banning non-compete clauses and categorizing them as unfair methods of competition. Non-compete clauses serve to protect a business’s trade secrets and other confidential information, which makes the adoption of such a rule concerning for all US businesses. Our previous article addressed how the FTC’s proposed ban on non-compete agreements could affect your business. This article summarizes some of the legal challenges the proposed rule will likely face.
How the FTC’s Proposed Ban on Non-Compete Agreements Could Affect Your Business
On January 5, 2023 the Federal Trade Commission released a Notice of Proposed Rule that would essentially ban all non-compete agreements between employers and employees. If the proposed rule or a similar rule is adopted by the FTC, it would have a profound impact on all US businesses and particularly those businesses that utilize non-compete agreements to protect their trade secrets and confidential business information. This article provides a summary of the proposed rule and actions you can take to have your opinion heard regarding the likely impacts of the proposed rule on your business.
Jones Walker LLP Releases Results of Third Cybersecurity Survey
Jones Walker LLP recently released the findings of our 2022 Ports and Terminals Cybersecurity Survey. Since 2018, we have surveyed key US infrastructure industries including the greater maritime industry in 2018 and the midstream oil and gas industry in 2020. The economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, geopolitical events, supply chain disruptions, labor shortages, rising inflation, and unstable energy prices make cybersecurity a growing concern for owners and operators of US ports and maritime terminals.
Proper Cybersecurity Training is Key to Cybersecurity Resilience
Andrew R. Lee, a partner in the Litigation Practice Group and co-chair of the firm’s privacy & data security team, and James Kearns, special counsel in the Maritime Practice Group, authored the article “OP-ED: Cybersecurity training is key to cybersecurity resiliency” published by Marine Log on July 19.
Andy and Jim remind industry stakeholders to devote sufficient time and other resources to refreshing the cybersecurity training of their employees, at least annually and preferably more often, in order to detect and thwart cyber-attacks.
24 Hours: Government Likely to Require Notice of Ransomware Payments from Banks, Other Key Businesses
Most banks and their service providers are familiar with the final rule governing notice for “notification incidents” and “cyber security incidents.” With compliance due by May 1, 2022, the rule establishes standards and deadlines for service providers to notify banks of such incidents and for banks to notify their primary federal regulator “as soon as possible and no later than 36 hours” after the bank “determines” that a notification incident has occurred. (For more, see this summary.) However, a recently enacted law requiring new rulemaking by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (or CISA for short) within the Department of Homeland Security could upend a key compromise made during the finalization of the banking rules.
Lavigne & Hubert Author Article in IPWatchdog
Joe Lavigne and Tom Hubert, partners in the Labor & Employment Practice Group in the New Orleans office, authored “(Not-So) Amicable Separations: Preventing, Investigating, and Responding to Trade Secret Misappropriation by Departing Employees” published by IPWatchdog. Joe and Tom shared helpful tips to protect company trade secrets and confidential information from theft, liability, and employee mishandling of trade secrets or proprietary information during each stage in the hiring, employment, and separation process.
A Broken Marriage: Bridal Designer Cannot Compete but Regains Control of Social Media Accounts
In the case JLM Couture Inc. v. Gutman, in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, a bridal designer signed an employment agreement that barred her from competing with her employer – JLM Couture Inc. (JLM) – following her employment. The designer also agreed to give certain rights to JLM related to a bridal line created in the designer’s own name in exchange for compensation and JLM’s investment in the brand. The agreement also prevented the designer from using variations of her name to market bridal wear.
Things went south, however, when JLM tried to renegotiate the parties’ deal by expanding the designer’s social media job duties. When negotiations fell apart, the designer locked JLM out of social media pages, and she started one or more new social media accounts under a slightly different trade name. JLM then sued for breach of contract, unfair competition, and conversion of social media accounts, among other things.
A federal district court judge enforced the non-compete even though it went so far as to prevent the bridal designer from using variations of her own name to earn a living. But the trial court went too far, according to the appellate court, when it ordered the bridal designer to transfer sole control of business-related social media accounts to JLM, ownership over which the parties fiercely disputed. Though the bridal designer’s right to compete was limited by her JLM employment agreement, she “never forfeited her right to keep property that is legally hers,” according to U.S. Circuit Judge Michael H. Park. Notably, a dissenting appellate judge found that the injunction against the bridal designer went too far because not only did it prohibit her from using her name for marketing bridal wear, i.e. the business in which she was engaged by JLM, but it also restricted her from using her name to market any product.
This case reminds employers that non-competes should be tightly drafted because they often must withstand a high degree of scrutiny. This case is also a cautionary tale against resting exclusive access to social media accounts in the hands of one employee.


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After years of ignoring the section of smaller pickups, American motorists are lastly starting to take note of them once again. Last year, over 500,000 units were sold, which is a boost of 16% compared to the same duration a year earlier. That’s why we anticipate seeing the 2021 Nissan Frontier with an entirely new design.
Toyota Tacoma is still the outright leader, and twins from General Motors Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon are delighting in excellent popularity also. Also, the new Ford Ranger and Jeep Gladiator recently debuted. That leaves the Nissan Frontier at the bottom of the list considering that this Japanese pickup was substantially revitalized for the last time method back in 2005. That didn’t stop him from discovering around 79,000 consumers last year, but Nissan itself understands it’s time for a change.
According to the latest reports, the new 2021 Nissan Frontier will strike the marketplace in the next year. It will bring a lot of novelties, beginning with a new style, a new engine, transmission, and a lot more things.
2021 Nissan Frontier Redesign
The 2021 Nissan Frontier redesign will bring lots of enhancement. That’s not strange, thinking about that a total redesign will come after a full 15 years. Still, it looks like we won’t see an entirely new platform. However, most likely a modified F-Alpha platform. Again, count on a lot of modifications, which will make the new model significantly lighter and efficient. Of course, we expect to see far better driving characteristics, as well as increased towing and capability rankings. Considering that numerous parts will be borrowed from the international Nissan Navara, that won’t be that hard, particularly when it comes to driving attributes, which are Navara’s greatest point.
2021 Nissan Frontier Exterior
The first thing that enters your mind about the new model is the exterior. We are still far from the 2021 Nissan Frontier spy photos. Although many expect to see a copy of Navara, that won’t happen. To start with, the new model will keep its size (the current-generation Navara is especially smaller sized) or feature an even longer wheelbase, which presently reviews 125 inches. When it concerns body designs, we are still awaiting the main details. Again, the most current reports are suggesting that single cab models will remain in the deal as well.
When it concerns the styling, we can’t state excessive about the new model, as we already mentioned. Still, the current reports are recommending that the new model won’t follow Navara excessive in terms of aesthetics. Instead, we will see a quite futuristics look, which will follow a few of the brand name’s most current styling solutions. More information ought to be understood quickly.
This is the element where we anticipate to see a lot of improvements over the existing model. Considering the age, it’s no wonder that the present model does not have style, quality, and refinement of its rivals. The dashboard-style is typical for the early 2000s, not only in terms of style but in terms of materials as well. There are lots of hard plastics around the cabin, though we need to state that whatever looks very durable., this truck is developed in the way of a working machine, and there is no location for any high-end and convenience.
The same thing opts for the seats. There is almost zero assistance, though the seats are quite soft and comfortable. The present model is available in 2 cab variants, with capacity for either four or five travelers, but the newest reports are recommending that the 2021 Nissan Frontier redesign will bring single cab design back.
2021 Nissan Frontier Engine
Another huge change we expect to see is in regards to the powertrain. The present model includes a pretty out-of-date 4.0-liter V6, which does have a lot of power. However, it does not have efficiency and refinement. Therefore, it will be changed with something much newer. Naturally, we are speaking about the company’s familiar 3.0-liter turbo V6, which provides around 300 horsepower. Usually, this will be an option in the 2021 Nissan Frontier engine lineup. We presume that base versions will feature a four-cylinder engine. It is still unknown whether the current 2.5-liter unit is about to bring on or not.
Besides the new engine, the new model will also feature a new transmission. The ancient 5-speed automatic will be replaced with a new, 7-speed automatic gearbox. Still, we anticipate that a manual transmission will stay basic.
2021 Nissan Frontier Release Date and Price
We anticipate seeing the new model sometime in the next year. Still, the important things that most likely troubles you more are just how much will the 2021 Nissan Frontier cost you. The present model is exceptionally budget-friendly, which is probably the main reason for high sales numbers. Naturally, the new one will cost considerably more. The current King Cab model starts at only 19.000 dollars, while the new model will most likely cost 3.000 or 4.000 dollars more, at least. Will the new style enhance already great sales numbers, or the cost dive will sidetrack new buyers, the time will inform.
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Comfort chocolate – long thought to be the domain of women (often with miserable mascara streaks in flannel pyjamas) – is now a preferred pick-me-up of Australian men, a new study has revealed.
Despite traditional perceptions, the 2013 National Chocolate Report has found Australian men to be serial comfort chocolate eaters. The report found 53 percent of men identify chocolate as a mood enhancer or comfort food and use it when experiencing man-flu, post break-up blues or just when they’re feeling lonely.
The tough tradie is the most prolific comfort chocolate fiend with 83 percent of tradesmen (30 percent more than the men’s average) indulging.
“Statistics show that, to the average Australian, chocolate is considered much more than just simply ‘food’, with men now having a stronger emotional connection to it,” says Max Brenner General Manager Yael Kaminski. “Whether enjoyed as a sweet treat or as a way to lift our spirits or give us comfort, there’s no doubt chocolate is becoming an integral part of the Aussie way of life.”
Unwrapping the facts…
20 percent of Aussies say chocolate is their favourite food
Australians prefer to eat plain chocolate over flavour combinations – but if they had to chose, chocolate with nuts (of any kind) is their favourite combo
Six percent admit to eating chocolate as their main evening meal
78 percent of Aussies consume chocolate once a week or more
One in seven Australians enjoy chocolate most when consumed in the bedroom!


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Blog: Barcelona bathed in sunshine
Dean Best | 6 May 2009
After an early start (but running on Lucozade and the adrenalin of last night's fine win at the Emirates), just-food has just arrived in Barcelona for day one of the World Retail Congress, a key event in the industry calendar.
The conference centre is bathed in sunshine, somewhat incogruous weather given the economic storm-clouds swirling around the sector.
This afternoon, the conference spotlight moves to the impact of the recession on one of the industry's most promising - but also most perilous (ask Danone) of markets - India.
Just how are domestic and international retailers coping with the effects of the slowdown on the Indian economy?
Later, discussions will turn to the "new" emerging markets - with south-east Asia, Turkey, Poland and north Africa flagged as those set to offer the most potential in the years ahead.
Stay tuned to just-food for more later on in the day....
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In his eight years in office, U.S. GDP growth averaged 1.62% under Obama, about 70% higher than Trump’s growth rate. Here’s a look at average GDP growth rates under the last six U.S. presidents:Is the US economy growing under President Obama?
Since then, the U.S. has struggled to grow at much more than 2% a year under President Obama.What happened to the economy during Obama's first year?
Start with the Great Recession. By any definition, the U.S. economy has escaped the recession that marred Obama's first days in office. Real (inflation-adjusted) gross domestic product (GDP) shrunk at an annual, seasonally adjusted rate of 8.2% in the fourth quarter of 2008, immediately prior to Obama's first inauguration on January 20, 2009.How much did the US economy grow in 2016?
The US economy grew 1.6 percent in 2016 from the previous years, according to the Commerce Department, which tracks GDP. Obama’s best year, as far as growing the economy, was 2015 when it grew 2.6 percent from 2014 — after growing 2.4 percent that year from 2013.


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Thirty-four charging stations for electric vehicles will launch in 12 regions of Ukraine next week, the Tesla Club Ukraine group announced on Facebook.
The largest number will be launched in the Lvov and Kiev regions - seven stations each. Five such stations will be launched in the Dnipropetrovsk region, three in the Rovno region, two each in the Cherkassy, Kharkov, Odessa, and Volyn regions, and one each in the Zhitomir, Zakarpatskaya, Kirovograd, and Poltava regions.
It will be possible to charge any electric car at these charging stations.
Tesla Club Ukraine’s founder Nazar Shymone-Davyda recently said in an interview with the CFTS portal that there are currently about 10 Tesla cars and about the same number of Nissan Leaf cars in Ukraine. In addition, there are many hybrid cars (operating on both batteries and fuel) in the country.


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What was born out of a sincere desire to support local businesses at the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic has evolved into a movement of local support and empowerment.
Love for Local – New Brunswick has been supporting N.B.-based businesses of all sizes since last March, an idea that originated with the Chamber of Commerce for Greater Moncton, which was looking to mount a widespread community support campaign.
A year in, with businesses still needing community support, Love for Local co-founder Brad LeBlanc says the group is ready to take the next step in this ongoing campaign.
“We know that New Brunswickers love supporting local whenever and wherever they can. Our core goal with Love for Local is to be very vocal about all things local right across New Brunswick and serving both official language,” says LeBlanc. “That is why we’ve been hard at work on the next iteration of the campaign. We were tremendously pleased with the results of the first year, but we also knew it was time to evolve in order to amplify the impact.’’
Enter NB365. In collaboration with award-winning photographer Denis Duquette, the campaign will highlight 365 New Brunswick entrepreneurs, businesses, or organizations. That’s one portrait a day over the course of a year and it represents an investment of $100,000 from Love For Local – New Brunswick.
Covering all 104 municipalities in the province, the content will highlight the people behind our local economy. LeBlanc says that the provincial nature of the initiative is key.
‘’That’s the most important aspect of it. We are covering the entirety of the province,” he says. “We’ve seen so many comments about people discovering services and products through Love for Local. This should bring even more discoveries, recommendations, and support.’’
Every day, a new portrait will be shared through Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram and Huddle, a media partner with Love for Local.
Denis Duquette, the campaign photographer, says the province is full of business leaders to spotlight.
‘’Being able to showcase and highlight all the local businesses and entrepreneurs is a huge responsibility and one I do not take lightly,” he says. “We have so many incredible people and businesses here in New Brunswick, and I am just absolutely thrilled to be able to shine a light on them.’’
Beginning in South East New Brunswick, the campaign will visit all regions of the province as the pandemic safety measures allow.
John Wishart, the Moncton chamber CEO, says the campaign is critical as the province’s businesses navigate the challenges of the pandemic.
‘’A focused, year-long Love for Local campaign that touches every corner of New Brunswick will be a crucial piece of the recovery process for our businesses,” he says. “We saw last year the positive impact strategic ‘support for local’ initiatives can have on businesses’ bottom lines and consumer confidence. I can’t wait for this new, broader campaign to launch. I know our business communities need it and I am confident our citizens will support it. Better days are on the horizon. Let’s push local for 2021 as a bridge to get us there.”
Visit the Love For Local – New Brunswick Facebook page for more information on the campaign and updates as it evolves.


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Bridging the Gap Between Traditional Finance and Cryptocurrencies
CEO of Alluva, Co-founder of Oddup
While traditional finance, which includes banking, investment, and insurance, has been around for at least a century, the digital currency market is relatively younger. Bitcoin, the first ever cryptocurrency, was released in January 2009 and did not gain much traction outside enthusiast communities until a couple years later. Over the past few years, however, applications of the technology have proliferated, with major technology companies such as IBM and Microsoft exploring its use cases to augment or replace existing financial processes.
According to data
from CoinMarketCap, the cumulative market capitalization of the crypto asset class is approaching $275 billion. A significant portion of this valuation comes from the crypto market’s potential to be used as a hedge against the prevailing economic system. Countries like Venezuela that are currently grappling with long-standing economic turmoil and inflation are a prime example of this.
Citizens of Venezuela and Zimbabwe have overwhelmingly turned to digital assets because their local fiat currencies depreciate significantly every minute. While Zimbabweans used foreign currencies, including the US dollar, in the past, their physical availability in the country has always been an issue.
Bitcoin, and other such cryptocurrencies, do not face this problem as they are truly global and accessible over the Internet. Anyone can create a Bitcoin wallet and transact with other users on the network, regardless of borders and geopolitical restrictions.
This unprecedented free movement of value has many benefits for banks and traditional financial institutions as well, since the underlying blockchain technology can be leveraged to make cross-border transactions more inexpensive and efficient.
Rising General and Institutional Acceptance
Noticing blockchain’s immense potential, institutional investors have started to take note of specific digital assets and the general industry. Cryptocurrency exchanges, which offer the easiest way for investors to purchase digital assets using fiat currencies, have also reported that institutional involvement in the market has been on the rise.
In a blog post
published May 2018, American cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase said,
“In the past few months, over 100 hedge funds were created that exclusively invest in and trade cryptocurrency. Some of the world’s largest financial institutions have also recently announced their plans to begin trading cryptocurrency.”
Coinbase has been at the forefront of introducing new cryptocurrency products geared towards non-consumer and institutional audiences, including custodial services such as Coinbase Custody and professional-grade trading tools in the form of Coinbase Prime. Simultaneously, other exchanges have also been attempting to innovate and attract more institutional wealth to the market. Gemini, an exchange owned by the Winklevoss twins, is attempting to introduce the first ever Bitcoin ETF (Exchange Traded Fund), pending approval from the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
Outside the US, countries like Japan and South Korea are pioneering cryptocurrency adoption by passing legislation that either recognizes digital assets as legal tender or providing a regulatory framework for blockchain and cryptocurrency businesses and startups to follow.
Institutions Prefer Longer Investment Horizons
As with traditional stock markets, institutional investment tends to stick around for longer than a few months. While consumers and retail investors might liquidate their holdings for emergencies or during periods of volatility, hedge fund managers and institutional investors tend to hold a more long-term position. It is likely as a result of this persistent demand that cryptocurrency prices have been trending upwards lately.
Anthony Pompliano, co-founder of crypto hedge fund firm, Morgan Creek Digital, explained why institutional traders are increasingly starting to venture into the cryptocurrency space. In an interview with Cointelegraph in July 2019, he said,
“I would make the argument that having 100% exposure to fiat currencies is a really bad idea. Right? Because if one of those fiat currencies that you have 100% of your wealth in either hyperinflates or fails, you’ve got a lot of problems.”
During an appearance
on CNBC’s ‘Crypto Trader’ segment, Pompliano gave the world a glimpse at how hedge fund managers are approaching the crypto market. He said,
“Around $3,800, in March of this year, we put an investment on Bitcoin for public pensions and obviously that investment is doing really well. We have a price target as to when we think that the longer term horizon is and what I came out and said was $100,000 by December of 2021. I think we’re generally headed to higher highs and I thought it was important to put that on the public record.”
Retail Adoption is on the Rise Too
While institutional demand has undoubtedly increased, global consumer adoption of cryptocurrencies has been steadily climbing as well. This is best exemplified by the fact that major tech companies, including Samsung and HTC, have integrated digital asset wallets within their consumer electronics devices. Samsung’s Galaxy S10 lineup of smartphones, for instance, comes with a ‘Blockchain Wallet’ on-board
that is also compatible with several ERC-20 tokens and decentralized applications (DApps). The universal availability of crypto wallets within every single smartphone has the potential to make retail payments using crypto much more accessible.
Similarly, DApps like Alluva
are boosting adoption by offering everyone the ability to earn rewards for predicting future prices of cryptocurrencies. Unlike trading, where users have to invest in the tokens directly and have expertise dealing with minute fluctuations, Alluva allows users to predict at absolutely zero risk. Users that make accurate predictions are rewarded in the form of Alluva tokens
(ALV). These tokens can either be exchanged for other cryptocurrencies on a supported exchange (provided you are legally permitted to do so in your region), or exchanged for products and services at Alluva’s range of upcoming partners and online store.
While many believe that traditional finance and the banking system are distancing themselves from the cryptocurrency market, the facts tell us a different story. With institutional interest and investment on the rise, we may truly witness the golden age of the crypto and blockchain sectors soon enough.
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If Internet pricing company Priceline.com has its way, consumers will be able to name their own price for just about anything. Using the company's price-brokering system, consumers can get discounts on airline tickets, long-distance phone calls, groceries, hotel rooms, rental cars, mortgages--and now gasoline.
With gas prices hovering near record highs in many parts of the country, a discount gas service sounds like a good bet. But pressed by increasingly tight margins, Capital Region gas station owners want to know who is going to pay for Priceline's promised discount of 10 to 20 cents per gallon.
The Priceline model asks customers to trade flexibility for savings. Customers use the Priceline Web site to bid on gas at various price levels in a kind of reverse auction. Customers are not guaranteed that a bid will be accepted. When Priceline does accept a bid, it directs a customer to one of three or more gas stations the customer said he or she would use.
Officials at Priceline WebHouse Club, the affiliated licensee of Norwalk, Conn.-based Priceline.com that offers the discount gas service, said 250,000 consumers bought more than 6 million gallons of gas at an average savings of 12 cents per gallon in July.
Priceline WebHouse has been able quickly to build a network of 175,000 participating stations across the country by joining Houston-based U.S. Bank Voyager Fleet Systems Inc.'s debit card network. Any station that accepts the Voyager fleet card is automatically part of the Priceline discount program.
Gas stations always get the full pump price, and Priceline WebHouse makes money.
One way Priceline WebHouse makes money and subsidizes the discounts is by getting oil companies and independent gas station dealers to pay a marketing fee. Companies and stations that pay the fee have more business directed to them from the Priceline network.
But Ralph Bombardiere, executive director of the Gasoline and Repair Shop Association of New York Inc., a Colonie-based group representing Capital Region gas station operators, said the company faces a challenge in convincing local dealers that they will benefit from the program and should pay for the extra business.
He said Priceline WebHouse has not made an effort to get individual gas station operators on board. Most local dealers received no advance notice of the program and are reserving judgment. The company, he said, doesn't fully understand the industry.
"I really don't see it working," Bombardiere said.
Mac Brownson, who owns Mobil stations in Albany and East Greenbush, is ambivalent about a program that encourages customers to rely on credit or debit cards. He said that despite rising gas prices, his profits are declining. Voyager and other credit and debit cards are costly for dealers to accept, he said. The fee charged for a Voyager card transaction comes to about 4 1/2 cents per gallon, eating into his profit of 6 cents per gallon.
Another problem for gas stations is that the discount program hurts brand loyalty. For gas stations to benefit from the program, new customers have to become repeat customers, said David Rothberg, gasoline marketing manager for Saratoga Springs-based Stewart's Ice Cream Co. Inc.
Priceline WebHouse also may face a challenge attracting customers to the service. Rothberg said he signed up for a Priceline WebHouse gas card--as a consumer, not in connection with his job--and used it a few times. But he's not hooked. He said the program didn't give him any reason to return to the designated station once he received that round of discounted gas.
Jeffrey Corcoran, president of Applied Success Retail Consultants in Ballston Lake, said he is not sure the discounts will be worth the time and effort involved for most people. He said that even at 10 or 20 cents a gallon, total discounts will probably work out to less than $5 a week for most people.


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Vertigo Games previewed its new multiplayer VR shooter After the Fall today at the Upload VR conference. The game, set in the frigid aftermath of a 1980s post-apocalyptic Los Angeles, can be played solo or with up to four players. The objective is to gain control of the city as you face hordes of enemies and intimidating bosses.
Fans of prior efforts by Vertigo Games such as Sky World or Arizona Sunshinewill find that After the Fall takes it up a notch. Arizona Sunshine, a VR first-person shooter set in a post-apocalyptic, zombie-ridden Southwest was released back in 2016, and won Upload VR's VR Game of the Year award. "With After the Fall, we're bringing VR to life at a scale we believe hasn't been done before -- a seamless multiplayer experience set in a dynamic, changing world that will keep players coming back for more," said Vertigo Games studio director Richard Stitselaar in a press release.
After the Fall is expected to be out in 2020, but players can wishlist the game at the Oculus Store or Steam in the meantime. You can watch the teaser trailer below.
Correction, 6/10/19, 12:50PM ET: The headline of this story incorrectly said that After the Fall was being released -- it was announced today, but the game isn't expected to launch until 2020. We apologize for the error.
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In a statement made to the Peruvian news agency Andina, Peru’s Ministry of Trade and Tourism (Mincetur) announced that it will send a delegation to the Inter-sectoral Meeting of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) scheduled to take place November 12-17 in Los Cabos, Mexico. The story published by Andina contains a very important revelation that is usually left out of similar statements made by the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) regarding the TPP.
“The TPP is a negotiation process that includes countries from three continents (America, Asia and Oceania). It seeks to become the basis and the means to establish the Free Trade Area of the Asia Pacific (FTAAP), and therefore it is open to other countries that have formally expressed their interest in the process,” the story reports.
Creation of a Free Trade Area of the Asia Pacific is the ultimate goal of the secretive negotiations carried out among the 11 nations now comprising the TPP. Members of the proposed “free trade” bloc include: Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, Vietnam, and the United States. The regional trading partnership is intended to establish “a comprehensive free trade agreement across the region.”
An article written in the Georgetown Journal of International Law says that the TPP negotiations “are designed to culminate in a “gold standard” free trade agreement (FTA). The article continues:
The TPP negotiations are among the more recent of a large number of FTAs and Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs) that have been or are being negotiated between the member economies of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum. Since the APEC Leaders’ Bogor Declaration in November 1994, the member economies have been committed on some level to the objective of achieving an environment for “free and open” trade and investment in the Asia-Pacific region.
In the argot of globalism, “free and open trade” translates as “economic and political integration.” Later in the Georgetown piece, USTR Ron Kirk is quoted as calling for the TPP to be “more than a broad concept.”
Additional evidence of the “ambitious” goal of the TPP discussions is found in a press release issued by representatives of the member nations attending an APEC meeting in Honolulu in 2011:
We are delighted to have achieved this milestone in our common vision to establish a comprehensive, next-generation regional agreement that liberalizes trade and investment and addresses new and traditional trade issues and 21st-century challenges. We are confident that this agreement will be a model for ambition for other free trade agreements in the future....
In fact, the authors of the Georgetown review state that the ultimate goal of the TPP isn’t just the creation of a FTAAP. They insist that the TPP is a “trade agreement designed to achieve broad liberalization and a high degree of economic integration among the parties.” There’s that word "integration" again.
At the G20 Leading Economies Summit in Los Cabos, Mexico, USTR Kirk announced that Mexico would soon join the TPP. At a press conference after that announcement, Mexican President Felipe Calderón described the the TPP as “one of the free trade initiatives that's most ambitious in the world” and one that would “foster integration of the Asia Pacific region, one of the regions with the greatest dynamism in the world.”
Integration is a word that is painful to the ears of constitutionalists and those unwilling to surrender U.S. sovereignty to a committee of globalists who are unelected by the American people and unaccountable to them. Integration is an internationalist tool for subordinating American law to the globalist bureaucracy at the United Nations. Economic and political integration will push the once independent United States of America into yet another collectivist bloc that will facilitate the complete dissolution of our nation and our states into no more than impotent members of a one-world government.
The reelection of Barack Obama as president has convinced some of our Asian TPP partners that the establishment of the FTAAP through the completion of the TPP negotiations now will be fast tracked.
On Wednesday, ChannelNewsAsia exulted:
With US President Barack Obama winning a second term, expectations are that this will speed up negotiations for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).
Prime Minister [of Malaysia] Najib Razak said: "We hope that during his (President Obama's) second term, we can find a successful conclusion to the negotiations leading to the Trans-Pacific Partnership. That will certainly open up a new era of burgeoning trade and investment between the two countries."
Paul Jones, the US ambassador to Malaysia, said: "Malaysia, Singapore and nine countries are members now and a couple of others are coming in. There has been a great deal of interest, there has been whole series of negotiations; we are looking to drive that to conclusion as quickly as possible."
In a story published on Election Day, Reuters India reports that China, the largest economy in Asia, is not willing to sit back and watch the United States lock up exclusive trade agreements with its regional neighbors.
China will later this month enter talks to create an Asian free-trade bloc covering 28 percent of world GDP, a reaction to U.S. progress in forming a Trans-Pacific Partnership that excludes China, South Korean Trade Minister Taeho Bark said on Monday.
The RCEP, or Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, will be comprised of the 10-nation ASEAN club plus six others: China, India, Japan, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand.
Its launch is to be formally announced at the ASEAN summit in Phnom Penh later this month, with a goal of reaching a deal to lower trade barriers across the region by the end of 2015.
Regionalism as an incremental step toward global government is moving along at a terrifying pace. Once the RCEP and the FTAAP come into existence, they will be nearly equal in economic size to the European Union.
"Those are the three big blocks in the future," South Korean Trade Minister Taeho Bark said as quoted in the Reuters India piece.
For their part, Europe is anxious to move forward in the creation of a “free trade bloc” with the nations of the Asia Pacific.
Bloomberg reports that in a phone interview, Fredrik Erixon, head of the European Centre for International Political Economy in Brussels, lamented the slow pace of the EU’s formation of an FTAAP-style trade bloc. “Europe needs to improve its policy toward the entire Asian region in order to take up a greater part of Asia’s economic expansion, but we’re not really seeing it,” Erixon said in the Bloomberg article. “The train is about to leave the station and Europe certainly isn’t on it.”
Later in that same article, Changyong Rhee, the Asian Development Bank’s chief economist, is quoted saying:
The U.S., Canada and Australia are more aggressive in Asia than Europe. The EU may be slow because you have to harmonize all countries together to have a free trade agreement, but once you have one FTA between the EU and another country it’s actually 27 FTAs.
Free trade is never free; sovereignty is the cost paid by those pushing the United States toward integration with other nations. It was thus in NAFTA and the EU and it will be thus under the TPP and the FTAAP. John Birch Society CEO Art Thompson recently explained the role of regional trade blocs in the globalist agenda:
For several decades, The John Birch Society has been warning Americans about the loss of our national sovereignty brought about by so- called free trade agreements, such as the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) between the United States, Mexico, and Canada. We point out that political integration follows economic integration.
We also point out how the European Union has followed this pattern by progressing from a free trade area of independent European nations in the 1950s all the way to a new political entity, the European Union, that is now absorbing the last vestiges of sovereignty from its member states.
We are now warning Americans about the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a new free trade agreement that is currently being negotiated by a dozen or so Pacific Rim nations, including the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam, Mexico, and Canada. Since the United States Trade Representative’s website describes the TPP as “a vehicle for Asia-Pacific-wide economic integration,” we believe that eventual congressional approval of the TPP would lead to Asia-Pacific-wide political integration with the attendant loss of American sovereignty.


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Kids learn cooking basics at Martin's camp
MISHAWAKA — April Howell placed a bag of Oreo cookies on the counter.
“Who likes to cook in the kitchen at home?” she asked the students in her Monday morning cooking class.
Arms flew up in the air. Five-year-old Jack Sagarsee just about fell off his chair.
“Well, then, let’s get started,” Howell said to her group as she emptied the Oreos into a food processor and added a brick of cream cheese.
Talk about grabbing the attention of her audience.
Seventeen students donned black aprons as they kneaded, sliced and diced ingredients to create foods inspired by the Disney movie “Maleficent” on Monday, the first day of camp at Martin’s Super Markets in Mishawaka. The weeklong camp featured an “At the Movies” theme.
The kids made chocolate brownie pop Maleficent heads with Tootsie Roll horns, miniature apple pies with from-scratch crusts, and grilled cheese sandwiches on sour dough bread with blueberries, which were marinated in balsamic, as well as arugula.
I seriously thought about grabbing a seat beside them and rolling up my sleeves.
Instead, I watched the intense concentration on the face of Breslyn Palmer, 5, as she sliced a Macintosh apple with a plastic knife. Her favorite part of cooking? “Getting my hands dirty,” she said shyly.
Andrea Albors, also 5, took her time in rolling and carefully shaping the Tootsie Rolls in her hands. “Look at these,” she said, holding the candy out for Howell to see.
“You guys are so creative, I can’t stand it,” Howell said, turning the exercise into a teaching moment. “What do you think is the most important instrument in the kitchen?”
“A trumpet,” Sagarsee exclaimed.
Howell laughed. “No, Jack, our hands.”
The Minneapolis native easily engaged her young students while she showed them cooking techniques and introduced them to new foods. An Ivy Tech-trained chef, whose résumé includes jobs at Sorin’s at the University of Notre Dame and working with Gordon Ramsay on “Kitchen Nightmares,” Howell likes to challenge children in the kitchen.
Instead of simply placing slices of colby jack and mozzarella cheese on slices of bread, Howell asked her students to tear the cheese into small pieces and spread them around. Rather than using a prepared pie crust, the students combined butter, flour, sugar and water with their fingers for an old-fashioned homemade crust.
“I can handle the mess,” Howell said, brushing off the fact that the counter was covered in crumbs at the conclusion of camp.
“The other night when I was in line at the carwash, I saw a former student who rolled down their window and shouted, ‘I made dinner last night.’ I gave her a thumbs up,” she said. “I grew up watching my grandma in the kitchen. In a way, I feel like I’m teaching something that is becoming a lost art.”
That’s the reason Jennie Knapp enrolled her 7-year-old son, Evan, in classes. In fact, this is his third cooking camp.
“I think it’s neat that nowadays men are cooking as much as women,” Knapp said. “I want him to be able to cook when he leaves home someday so he makes more than Ramen noodles.”
Hibachi Grill Buffet, 4502 S. Michigan St., in South Bend, has closed its doors. The restaurant had been scheduled for a June 10 St. Joseph County Health Department Health Officer Hearing, but the department canceled the hearing after learning that the restaurant permanently closed.
Restaurants are typically called before health officials to respond to health code violations found at a recent inspection, and they can face fines, probation or permanent closure, depending on the severity of the violations.
Dairy Queen, at 52238 Indiana 933 on the north side of South Bend, has also closed. Signage on the window indicates the Indiana Department of Revenue closed the restaurant on June 3 because of a tax code violation. It’s not known whether the restaurant, which faces a Class A misdemeanor, could reopen.
Have you heard
Daihido, a new Asian fusion restaurant, opened its doors Tuesday at 4240 N. Main St., in Mishawaka. The restaurant is located in the former Houlihan’s building. … General Nutrition Center, 1251 Eddy St., in South Bend, has closed. … Gap on Monday announced it will close about a quarter of its U.S. stores this year. A list of store closings has not yet been announced. Gap operates a store at University Park Mall in Mishawaka. … Summer Restaurant Week kicks off Monday and runs through July 5 in downtown South Bend. Seventeen locally owned restaurants are participating in the event that allows diners to choose from $11, $22 or $33 offerings. For a complete list of restaurants, go to eatdrinkdtsb.com. … Blaze Pizza officially announced its planned new restaurant at 1234 Eddy St., at Eddy Street Commons near Notre Dame. The 2,300-square-foot restaurant, which is planning a July opening, will include seating for 60 inside and feature an outdoor patio. Check back for more details.
Heidi Prescott’s column runs on Wednesdays and Sundays. Contact her at email@example.com or 574-235-6070. You also can talk retail at Facebook.com/thebasket and at Twitter.com/marketbasket. Hear her weekday reports at 6:52 a.m. and 8:52 a.m. on The WSBT Morning News with JT at WSBT-AM (960) and WSBT-FM (96.1). The Market Basket Minute airs on the WSBT First News at 4 on Thursdays.
• Step Up to the Plate: July 13 to 17, 9:30 to 11:30 a.m., Heritage Square. For kids entering fourth to sixth grade.
• Intro to Basics: July 27 to 31, 9:30 to 11:30 a.m., Heritage Square. For teens entering seventh to 10th grade.
• Baker’s Boot Camp: Aug. 5 to 7, 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Heritage Square. For teens entering seventh to 10th grade.
More information about these School of Cooking programs, and camps planned at Martin’s stores in Stevensville and Warsaw, can be found at martins-supermarkets.com or by calling 574-807-8220.


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A taste for liquid assets
It’s ironic that some of Australia’s most expensive bottles of wine are unlikely to ever be drunk. Take the half bottle of 1952 Penfolds Grange Bin 4 that sold recently for $3600 (including buyer’s premium) through Theodore Bruce in Sydney. If opened it would become worthless. And, as one expert says, the drinking experience may not be worth much anyway. By now this wine would be well past its peak. The true value of such wines is as a (literally) liquid asset, reports the Sydney Morning Herald.


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Showroom opening in Foshan, China
STIEBEL ELTRON product range on 70 square metres
With a grand opening ceremony, the STIEBEL ELTRON team in China presented the new flagship store in Foshan, Guangdong Province, China. Ku Jia Lin, as a certified dealer, is presenting the latest product solutions in the areas of hot water, heating, ventilation and cooling on behalf of the company on an area of around 70 square metres.
Dr Nicholas Matten, Managing Director of STIEBEL ELTRON, arrived from Germany to attend the opening ceremony and the authorization of Ku Jia Lin as a STIEBEL ELTRON dealer. "China has become one of the largest and most important markets for the company. Since the opening of our production facility in Tianjin, the manufacturing volume here has grown steadily," says Dr. Nicholas Matten. "With the new showroom here in Foshan we once again present ourselves as a German quality brand."
Dealer Ku Jia Lin is looking forward to working with the long-established German company: "People here in China want more and more comfort. This is a great opportunity for STIEBEL ELTRON products. We believe that we will continue to grow with our professional competence and customer service with the STIEBEL ELTRON brand in China".


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GUESTS: PAT HUS, CHRIS SMITH
New Year! Happy New Year to all who celebrate and happy new year for The Outspoken Cyclist as we begin year #4 on air.
Having said that, we are not “on air” this week – we are #PodcastOnly – WJCU is broadcasting the first football game of the new school year. So… you can pick this up early 5:30pm EDT instead of 6:30pm.
This week, we are speaking with Pat Hus, show director for Interbike. Interbike is less two weeks away and a lot of new things are happening for 2013 including a new venue (Mandalay Bay) and the first, ever Consumer Day (Friday, September 20th).
I also have a conversation with Chris Smith – Lazer Sports PR “Helmeteer” (that’s like Mouseketeer without ears!) Lazer has upped the ante at the wildly popular CrossVegas 2013 Races this year by matching the men’s purse for the Elite Women’s Race. Lazer is a huge supporter of all types of riding – from grass roots to elite racing!
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DOYO Live Early Bird Tickets are on sale now for $150, these prices will go up on April 30, 2018, @ 11:59 PM. Be sure to grab your ticket today – Register here!
By: Dennis Schiraldi, DOYO Live Let’s face it… Social media engagement is severely limited in 2017, as it’s become a pay-to-play strategy. However, Instagram still feels like that one social media platform where you can get all types of engagement. Think about it…When is the last time you posted a picture […]
By: Dennis Schiraldi – Founder of DOYO Live Let’s get right down to it…Over the past year, the DOYO Live platform has delivered 140+ videos, primarily on Facebook Live. This is of course by design. We have 2-formats of our live show. The DOYO Live Daily consists typically of myself, […]
By: Amanda Lynch As we turn the corner into another new year, many of us are ready to amplify our content marketing strategies. Blogging is still an essential piece of the puzzle to an overall digital marketing strategy, and smart planning can take your blog content to new […]
The DOYO Live Marketing Show made a BIG announcement this week! DOYO Live founder, Dennis Schiraldi took over the marketing show to announce a very exciting speaker will be coming to this year’s DOYO Live Digital Marketing + Interactive Design conference, Maryna Hrdovich of SEMRush. With more exciting news SEMRush […]
DOYO Live Marketing Show this week was all about entrepreneurship with Genna Petrolla, an economic development planner with Eastgate Regional Council of Governments. On a special Thursday edition of DLMS at our second home, Branch Street Coffee Co., Dennis sits down with Genna and discusses the state of entrepreneurship and economic development […]
In this episode of the DOYO Live Marketing Show, DOYO Live founder, Dennis Schiraldi, talks with Kelsey Klim and Kollin Chupa, founders of K Squared Marketing. Kelsey and Kollin no strangers to event marketing have been working in live events for collectively 8 years. Getting their start with JAC Live and […]


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If you were hoping to pre-order the iPhone 4 through AT&T’s website today, you’re out of luck. A visit to the wireless giant’s pre-order site for the latest Apple super-phone gives you the terse note that “Pre-orders for iPhone temporarily suspended.”
UPDATE: Now the Death Star says the problem IS inventory-related:
iPhone 4 pre-order sales yesterday were 10-times higher than the first day of pre-ordering for the iPhone 3G S last year. Consumers are clearly excited about iPhone 4, AT&T’s more affordable data plans and our early upgrade pricing.
Given this unprecedented demand and our current expectations for our iPhone 4 inventory levels when the device is available June 24, we’re suspending pre-ordering today in order to fulfill the orders we’ve already received.
The availability of additional inventory will determine if we can resume taking pre-orders.
In addition to unprecedented pre-order sales, yesterday there were more than 13 million visits to AT&T’s website where customers can check to see if they are eligible to upgrade to a new phone; that number is about 3-times higher than the previous record for eligibility upgrade checks in one day.
We are working hard to bring iPhone 4 to as many of our customers as soon as possible.
Meanwhile, there was a glitch in their ordering system that was showing the incorrect account information to customers during the ordering process.
Trying to downplay the security breach issue, especially in light of last week’s mammoth iPad e-mail address leak, AT&T says, “We have been unable to replicate the issue, but the information displayed did not include call-detail records, Social Security numbers or credit card information.”


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Minister Skinnari visits the United States
Minister for Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade Ville Skinnari will visit the United States on 28 June–2 July 2021.
During the visit, Minister Skinnari will have a meeting with United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai to discuss, among other things, the trade relations between the EU and the United States and global trade questions. Minister Skinnari will also have meetings with other representatives of President Joe Biden’s administration, members of the U.S. Congress, and decision-makers specialising in trade, technology and climate change matters.
The aim of the visit is to deepen commercial and economic relations and technological cooperation between Finland and the United States as well as to discuss climate and green economy questions. At the end of the visit to New York, Minister Skinnari will meet, among others, representatives of the leadership of the UN Children’s Fund UNICEF and the United Nations Population Fund UNFPA in order to promote Finland's humanitarian and development objectives.
The United States is one of Finland's most important trading partners. Compared with any individual country’s economic weight when not only export and import but also investments and innovation cooperation are considered, the U.S. is the most important country for Finland.
“Last year, the United States was the only country among our seven biggest export markets where we exported more than before. In the U.S., Finland is considered to be at the leading edge when it comes to technology. We must take advantage of this fact in our trade better than before. We have considerable opportunities for deepening our cooperation especially in the information and communications technology and green technology sectors. We have allocated resources to export promotion, and I believe that this will show also in the growth of trade,” says Minister Skinnari.
Juha Niemi, Diplomatic Adviser to the Minister, tel. +358 295 350 232
Kari Puurunen, Counsellor, tel. +358 50 599 3952
The Ministry for Foreign Affairs’ email addresses follow the format firstname.lastname@example.org.


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Apple threatened Facebook over ads trafficking Filipina domestic workers in Mideast
Apple once threatened to banish Facebook and Instagram from its app store over concerns about the platform being used as a tool to traffic Filipina domestic workers in the Middle East.
Documents sent to the Securities and Exchange Commission and U.S. Congress by a Facebook whistleblower show that after Apple’s warning two years ago, Facebook vowed to police its platform, according to a report by the Associated Press.
Facebook admitted it was “under-enforcing on confirmed abusive activity” that saw Filipina maids complaining on the social media site of being abused. Apple let Facebook and Instagram remain in its app store.
In a statement to the Associated Press, Facebook said it took the problem seriously, despite the continued spread of ads showing photographs of Africans and South Asians with ages and prices listed next to their images.
“We prohibit human exploitation in no uncertain terms,” Facebook said. “We’ve been combating human trafficking on our platform for many years and our goal remains to prevent anyone who seeks to exploit others from having a home on our platform.”
Apple’s warning to Facebook is among the disclosures made to the Securities and Exchange Commission and provided to Congress in redacted form by former Facebook employee-turned-whistleblower Frances Haugen’s legal counsel. The redacted versions were obtained by a consortium of news organizations, including the AP. The Wall Street Journal previously wrote about Apple’s threat to remove Facebook and Instagram.


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January 2011. Derek Johnson, Executive Nutrition Director of The Biggest Loser Resort and Marissa Jaret Winokur, actress and repeat resort guest, were featured in a segment on weight loss, New Year’s resolutions and wellness destinations.
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July 2011. "Biggest Loser Aims for a Gain."
February 2011. "Slim Down at Malibu’s ‘Biggest Loser’ Fitness Resort."
The New York Post
January 2010. "The Gut Check: Getting Fit the Biggest Loser Way."
The Los Angeles Times
October 2009. "The Biggest Loser franchise expands into games, a resort spa."
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StarWars.com as posted a preview of issue #21 of Marvel’s Star Wars title. Head on over to check out the deployment of the new Elite Stormtroopers and the action figure cover variant by John Tyler Christopher.
The headline says it all. Jump on over to EW.com to check out over a dozen new still from Rogue One!
Marvel has released a preview of Darth Vader #23 featuring BT-1 as the next action figure variant cover. To check out this cover and more, head to our dedicated Facebook album.
EW.com has posted their first article detailing 10 characters from Rogue One. Head on over to check it out!
Conan O’Brien has revealed 4 new SDCC Exclusive POP! vinyl figures one of which is a Stormtrooper Conan figure. This limited edition POP! will only be available at the SDCC live tape of the show.
UPDATE: Funko has announced that the stormtrooper Conan will be available to SDCC attendees, but not through Funko’s booth. Details will be posted on SDCC’s official site.
Star Wars Rebels: Complete Season Two delivers all 22 action-packed episodes of the hit CG animated series’ second season, plus exclusive, never-before-seen bonus material on DVD and even more exclusive footage on Blu-ray! Available August 30, this thrilling continuation of the Star Wars Rebels saga depicts the continued efforts of the crew of the starship Ghost to defeat the evil Empire.
Despite the majority of retail outlets being devoid of new products on shelves, there are still a few surprises as online retailers are receiving a “new” 6″ version of Rey – which may be just different enough to make you mad/sad. Funko continue to promote like no other brand as teases for the next Smuggler’s Bounty box have sparked some discussion of potential for new characters. The biggest (and most spendy) news of last week was the announcement of an ultra-high end tier of prop replicas from Propshop – the manufacturer responsible for the very same screen used props in The Force Awakens. And finally, we close out Episode #99 with a few new acquisitions to tide us over until the next “must-have” item comes along.
Everything surrounding Rogue One has been pretty hush-hush up until this point but today a bunch of new information for the next Star Wars film has made its way online. Edelweiss has posted ten 2-page spreads from the upcoming Official Visual Story Guide and it reveals character names, aliens, vehicles and more.
Thanks to Jedi-Bibliothek for the heads-up.
UPDATE: Images removed from Edelweiss
Philip Reed has started a new Kickstarter campaign to to produce a new and unique Vintage Kenner book.
Collect These Figures and Accessories is an 8.25″ x 8.25″ square 96-page unofficial look at the Kenner Star Wars newspaper ads of the seventies and eighties.
Head over to Kickstarter to view sample pages of the book and show your support by pledging.
A curious announcement was posted via the official site’s social media channels.
The Star Wars Show will be in range in 24 hours. All Star Wars. All the time. Well… once a week. Seven minutes at a time. Give or take.
It reveals something called The Star Wars Show. Check out the teaser video with more to come tomorrow.
UPDATE: You can now watch the first webisode on YouTube.